The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ploy women as librarians.
THE historic walnut tree at the top OF the
Devils Den, on the battlefield OF GettysDuT9'
was blown down a week ago.
THERE is a parish in London in the Sunday
school of which there is Bible class consisting
of $50 members, and the rector says ne eA-
poets that it will sooh contain 900 members
BELGIUM has had one of the worst droughts
this season it has experienced for thirty-two
years, and now vast Swarms OF locuSUS nave ~
peared and are doing great damage to the crops
CALIFORNIA contains the two largest VINE
vineyards in the world-Senator Stanford's
vineyard at Vina, Tehama county. of $500
acres, and the Nevada vineyard, Los Angeles
county, of $500 acres.
AN increase of drunkenness is noted in France
and is by some authorities ascribed to the phyl-
loxera which has destroyed the vineyards in re-
cent years. While wine was cheap and pure, IL
IS asserted, the vice was almost unknown IN
France.
DAVID McGRANNAHAN, of Yellowstone, La
fayettc county, Wis, is a man OF rare nerve
While reaching to pick up board from the tan
grass rattiesnake bit him on the end OF the
finger With one blow of the Ratchet he ampu-
tated that finger in about half q second after it
was bitten. Then he paid attention to the snake
and cut him into small pieces
MISS OLIVE SANBoRN, daughter of County
Commissioner Sanborn, who was waiting in
front of the post office at Gratiot, D. T., saw
runaway team dashng down the street. and at
once ran into the street. Selling the horses by
the bits They threw her into the air, but she
did not release her hold and brought them to a
halt. The business men, in token OF thelr al
miration, raised q handsome purse for her.
A RECENT ANALYSIS or popular hair "re-
newer shows that it was made Of sixty graius
of sugar of lead, sixty grains Of sulphur, lit
file qriycal,inp n M with n 1rOD two of
perfume. The sulphur gradually combines
with the lead, forming brown or black sui
phide of lead, which slowly darkens the hair
slow in action that the purchaser may persist IN
its use Cost, 319c per bottle; retail price, 81.
AN almost exhausted street sprinkling fund
that stared the authorities of a Western town
in the face. at time when watering carts were
most urgently needed was quickly replenlshed
by little strategy on the part of the officials
The low drinking saloons were raded, and the
fines levied on the frequenterS and the prOprie-
tors, together with the back license fees that
were collected, provided sufficient money to lay
the dust for the entire summer
A STRANGE ACCIDENT took place at st. AIMS,
Canada a few days ago A young child
named Paul Michaud, only 3 years old, was
playing in a field when a young and frisky
horse seized him and tossed him up in the air
several times, lifting its forelees to receive him
whenever he was about to touch the ground
The cries of the child gave the alarm TO some
farmers working near, and they rescued him
The boy was found to have one arm broken, and
it is feared that he sustained severe internal in
jurieS. .s-p4S, So
"a YOUNG LADY of Austin, New, says the
ReveiUe, who has much time to spare and who
is very skillful with the needle and excels in all
fancy crochet work, has made a unique dress
The material lis common spool thread, white
and the entire dress is hand-crocheted work
beautifully lowered and strongly made, and
about 10000 yards Of thread were used in its
construction. The sleeves are crocheted in the
proper shape and are fastened in by a l7ck
crocheted stitch IL is a very beautiful dress,
and the young lady tells us that it took her
three months to complete it,"
A FEW DAVIS AGO two hunters, armed with
rifles shot and killed a large white cat on the
farm of James Bell, four miles southeast of Tus-
cola, Ill. The animal had long been seen in
that neighborhood, and every effort heretofore
made TO kill or capture it proved futile, Two
rifle ballS were necessary to bring the game
brute to earth, and even then he showed fight
1t was long, lank animal, of a grayish color
and some were of the opinion it was lynx or
catamount, but it was hardly large enough to
| be either. Mr.. Bell and the farmers of that vi
entity feel greatly relieved at the taking off of
the animal, as their women folk can now ven
ture out without fear or trembling
In the early part of the season the ladies of
Vienna introduced the fashion of wearing CHEAP
Manila hats, and it threatened to become the
rage. This made the milliners of Vienna in
dignant. not only because their hitherto seryile
subjects had dared to have an opinion of their
own, but because the new fashion would cut
into the profits of the milliners. So they held
meeting and decided that the only course was
to bring the penny hats into contempt; and q
day or two later a large number of scavengers
and crossing-Sweepers made their appearance
wearing the detested Manillas Vienna has had
good laugh at the cleverness of the milliners;
but whether their strategy will have the desired
effect remains TO be seen.
THE effects of Charles Merck the portrait
painter, who committed suicide at Strnger's
Ridge, near Chattanooga, a few weeks ago,
were sold at auction on Wednesday Three oil
paintings were sold for 81 &C, two of them bring
ing doc each. Merck had come from Cincin-
natl, and was said to be an artist of unusual
ability, but there was no market for his genius
IN Chattanooga. Il would rather die than
Starve," was the excuse letter found in his
pocket gave for his death. He also left letter
from Gus Y. Mcclure. of New York, who wrote
to the Coroner that Merck had no relations in
this country that he knew Of He saws: THE
day before left offered to assist him with a
few dollars but he would not accept the money
He said that il he could get no work and could
not make living, he would put en- end to him
self. / have no idea that there ever will be such
fine portraits in Chattanooga as Mr. Charles
Merck could do"
THE children Of James Wainwright, at sos
Taylor street, Boston, have little chipmlnk
for pet Not long ago the animal injured one
of its fore feet by becoming entangled in a
strand of thread. The inflammation of the foot
attracted the attention of Mr. Wainwright who
round that the thread was wound around the
member. He cut the thread off, but the wound
did not heal and in few days the flesh dropped
OIL and left the bones exposed The little ami
mai went to work then and did q most rernarEe-
bic thing. i.e bit OFF or amputated the foot at
what would correspond to the wrist Joint In
the course Of few days the bone Gtill remained
uncovered, because no provision had been made
for flap of the flesh TO cover It, The chip
mum: then displayed wonderful knowledge of
surgery. With his nose he turned back the flesh
and bit off piece of the bone above the end of
the flesh, SO that il projected beyond the bone.
In two weeks Il had healed up, and looks as per-
feet as If surgeon had done the work
THE ladies of The Methodist Episcopal church
at North Branch Mich, recently hit upon a
unique way to raisc funds for church purposes
They made n silk quilt. number of ladies' do
mating q block each. They then selected four
girls, aged from II TO 10 years, to canvass the
town for votes at loo, each, the one receiving
the most votes TO be awarded the Quilt Tho
young ladies did their electionecrng quietly INT
encrgeticaliy. The canvass was 10 last thirty
days. and each girl carried n sealed box in which
the votes and money were deposited The re-
suit was That the canvass became lively one I'm
which older heads tool; hand Tho ladies'
thought il they could raise $50 on the Quilt they
would be well repaid for their trouble TLey
20 see the following amounts turned out of fine
little boxes: Miss Grace McDougall, Sfl 42; Mics
Edith Lippincott, SAP 10; Miss Jennie Herf
SIG IS, Miss Mabel Ilutlpr S.1 ~. total G114 *